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Monday, December 19th, 2011
Nocturnal: Active by night
Occipital condyle: The point at the rear of the skull to which the vertebral column attaches. In reptiles the condyle is single; in amphibians it it paired.
Pentadactyl: Having five digits.
Secondary palate: A bony reinforcement along the roof of the mouth, found principally in skinks.
Temporal fossa: The opening found behind the eye in the skull. In some forms the fossa is roofed over by bone, while in others it exists as a large gap, frequently bordered inferiorly by a temporal arch.
Zygantra: A pair of recesses in the vertebrae of snakes into which the paired zygosphenes insert.
Zygosphenes: Paired projections located on the posterior surface of the vertebrae of snakes. These insert into the zygantra to prevent the serpent’s body from twisting on its axis. These processes are generally not found in lizards.
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Thursday, December 15th, 2011
A clear luster, but some genera, notably Trachydosaurus and Tribolonotus, have rough or keeled scales. Many forms lack limbs or possess but one pair; there may be five or fewer fingers.
Probably the most problematic genus has been Lygosoma, practically world-wide in distribution and having all stages of limb development. The genus Eumeces is common in the United States and includes the golden Great Plains skink, E. obsoleta, a foot-long lizard of the central states. Trachydosaurus rugosus looks like an animated pair of pinecones, having large scales and a tail resembling the head. The family giant is Corucia zebrata, a two-foot long tree dweller of the Solomon Islands.
The skinks are active, often nervous lizards. They hide under large boulders or in other inaccessible spots but sometimes take to hilly woodsides. They are mainly insectivorous but many also eat plants.
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Sunday, December 11th, 2011
The list of of examples is a long one indeed, but what of function? It is known that the throat fans of some lizards are used to warn intruders infringing on a territory, as well as to attract a mate. The horns of male chameleons are used in territorial battles. The devices of many lizards are for protection, either by physical discomfort (the horns of Phrynosoma) or bluff (Chlamydosaurus). The dorsal sails of lizards like Hydrosaurus and Basiliscus are not fully explained. One idea is that this device is rich in blood vessels and helps to regulate internal temperature. To date, no one is quite sure.
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Wednesday, December 7th, 2011
The purely American Anniellidae, consisting of two species, is also mainly subterranean in habits. It is known to be found near moisture, in loose soil such as beaches. Unlike the Dibamidae, Anniella has functional eyes and well developed eyelids.
The Anguinidae, have their share of burrowers, too, such as the well known slow-worm, Anguis fragilis, a worm-eating species found in Britain and continental Europe. They are remarkably long-lived for lizards. being kept in captivity for over 50 years, and are very effective eradicators of the garden slug.
Unique to Australia and New Guinea is a family known as “scaly-footed lizards,” the Pygopodidae. They are characterized by being limbless save for a pair of flaps near the vent. They lack eyelids and the ear may be exposed or hidden.
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Friday, December 2nd, 2011
To this group belong most of the limbless lizards. The creatures discussed here are those that live underground all or most of the time. Typically these lizards are specialized by having cylindrical bodies, pointed snouts, reduced eyes, and the external ear absent. The nostril is usually set horizontally, as opposed to facing upward in most lizards. The head shields are usually enlarged.
Those families whose members are fossorial are the Dibamidae, Anniellidae, some Scincidae, and some Pygopodidae. The earless monitor, Lanthanotus, may be fossorial or at least semifossorial. The genus Dibamus contains six diminutive species found in Southeast Asia. The largest may be eight inches long and the body is very thin as well.
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Monday, November 28th, 2011
To date, only one living lizard is known to be marine. This is the Galapagos marine iguana, Amblyrhynchus cristatus. Found most often on the rocky shores of its island home, this lizard will forage in the ocean for its meal of seaweed. This lizard is not a very good swimmer, merely adequate. It can reduce its heartbeat and other bodily functions, probably as an aid in adjusting to the two environments in which it lives.While Amblyrhynchus is unique in being marine, there exist many aquatic or semiaquatic lizards.
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Sunday, November 20th, 2011
Species of Sauromalus and Dipsosaurus are plant eaters, as opposed to the smaller insect-eating Phrynosoma and Anolis. One of the largest of the lizard genera belongs in this family. Anolis comprises at least three hundred species, most no more than a foot in length. They are most widely distributed in the Caribbean and South America and are generally arboreal. A few forms, such as Anolis allogus and A. aquaticus, are found on rocks near streams, into which they dive at the first sign of danger. The members of this genus are sometimes called chameleons, a name rightfully belonging to an African family only distantly related. Nevertheless, many of these species, and a good many lizards of other genera, have to a small extent the ability to change colors. To this genus, too, belong a good many species with gecko-like toe pads allowing very interesting acrobatic feats.
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Wednesday, November 16th, 2011
Just be that these lizards have an extremely short life span (though this is unlikely for the larger species). Little field work has been done to determine the natural life, so for now we just don’t know. Nevertheless, chameleons are often kept as pets and will feed on a variety of insect matter and drink plenty of water, until they suddenly cease to live.
The little lizards of the genera Brookesia and Microsaura constitute the rest of the family. Microsaura is probably the largest in size of the two and gives birth to live young. The small chameleons formerly placed in Rhampholeon have considerably smaller tails than their allies, but their habits are similar.
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Saturday, November 12th, 2011
The genus Nucras are very fancifully colored. The body and tail are cylindrical and the limbs short. The genus is African.
The lacertids range from within the Arctic Circle (one species) to the tropics. They coexist with man and dwell in the darkest recesses of Africa. A good many forms are found in Asia on those areas bordering the Indian Ocean. The predominantly European genus Lacerta includes many green forms, probably the reason why people generally regard lizards as “green things.” Lacerta vivipara is a widespread form which gives birth to young in the cooler regions it inhabits, while it lays eggs on the warmer regions. Lacerta ocellata and L. lepida are very colorful members of the group. The latter is the family giant, growing to two feet in length. Most lacertids are carnivorous, but many will also accept plants.
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Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
At the time of this writing work is being done to determine if the two similar groups formerly known as Dibamidae and Anelytropsidae should be united. Because they are so similar, I have decided to incorporate them here but will provide descriptions which divide the two genera. Functional limbs absent. Tongue short, slightly nicked, and covered with papillae. Palate toothless. Arches absent. Pelvic and pectoral girdles greatly reduced. Eyes and ears concealed by skin. Teeth few, recurved, conical.
The genus Anelytropsis contains one species, A. papillosus. Interorbital septum and columella cranii well developed. Premaxillary bone single. Osteoderms present. No sign of external limbs. This lizard is fossorial and is found in east-central Mexico. It is a fleshy brown above and yellowish below. It has been caught only a very few times and remains known from a dozen specimens. Its diet is suspected to consist of ants and termites.
Dibamus is a genus of some six species distributed in the East Indies between India and New Guinea. The interorbital septum and columella cranii are absent. Premaxillary paired. Osteoderms absent. Males have vestigial traces of hindlimbs. They are usually an olive drab color. These lizards are very slender bodied, secretive, forest-dwelling fossorial animals. They lay hard-shelled eggs, sometimes in communal sites, and are insect eaters.
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